The United States has for the first time in recent years given details of its military presence inside Somalia.
US officials told Reuters news agency that there were “up to 120 troops on the ground”.
The BBC has seen some of these soldiers, who work with African Union and Somali government troops fighting al-Shabab Islamist insurgents.
The total number of armed Americans on the Somali government side, including contractors, is probably much higher.
US officials in Washington told Reuters the plan was to deepen military involvement with the Somali National Army.
This follows several years of US military and financial backing for the 22,000-strong African Union force Amisom, which fights on behalf of the relatively weak Somali government…
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